Intelligence officials from six African countries – Mali, Niger, Chad, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Nigeria – have completed Saturday, in the Malian capital Bamako, a two-day meeting on the issue of security of the Sahelo-Saharan region. The goal...

The European Union (EU) has decided not to renew its mission to support the Guinea Bissau security reform. The first part of the mandate will end on September the 30th. This decision resulted from “the violation of...

Through the Wikileaks website revelation, a survey of South African journalists revealed that South Africa refusal to support the U.S. war in Afghanistan has failed to lead to a diplomatic conflict between the two countries.

The Capital, Conakry lived an intense diplomatic show, in hosting alternately Blaise Compaoré and Abdoulaye Wade visits, but in a climate of suspicion and no date promulgated for the second round of the elections.

The outgoing president seems assured of his re-election. Paul Kagamé says he will leave power “without hesitation” if he would fail on the Monday ballot, in which he is considered the most favourite.

The Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has commended Kenya for the adoption of the new Constitution through a referendum, saying it is “an important milestone” that will enable this East African country to address the “long-term challenges”.

The historic leader of the former Hutu rebel National Liberation Forces (FNL), Agathon Rwasa, has denounced a “provocation” of the party in power after his “dismissal” recently by a breakaway faction of his party.

The Sudanese president started Wednesday afternoon a two-day visit to Libya, accompanied by his advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail, General Bakri Hassan Salih, Minister of the Presidency and Chief of Intelligence sevices,

Bissau’s government accepted the presence of foreign troops to stabilise the country, customary under political and military violence, announced Soares Sambu, the National Defence Council spokesman,

The Ivory Coast should be able to hold a presidential election in October, five years after the original date for the vote, said Wednesday the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).